工大祭 - Koudaisai
To define a "culture festival", I'll borrow something that Claus wrote in his blog (it's been a while... ^^;): "The culture festivals, for those who don’t know it, are events where the universities many "student clubs" gather to present their activities to the community. Many clubs just set up some kind of shop, while others prepare some kind of performance".
So, many shops, usually selling food (Those familiar with the Londrina Matsuri can make a good image in your heads), some stages and events. Most clubs had some kind of shop, and also had something to show. Some clubs that I didn't even know that existed, like the Tea Ceremony Club, the Astronomy club, the Robot club and the Photo club had impressive things...
The thing that drew my attention was the number of people with some kind of (strange) costume. Guess they took the slogan "everyday is carnival" too seriously... XD Most were freshmen, and the costume was really to draw attention to invite people to their clubs' shop. But... hum... ah... Ok. See for yourselves.
Some performances, including BMX and those of the martial arts clubs (most of my pics are from the Aikido club performance. They performed some enbu. This post tells a little about it, but is almost like kata) and one that looked like... hum... what I could call it... "Cheering club"!? I dunno... Especially because it's done in Japanese style, which is different from the American definition of cheer... although there were girls dressed as cheerleadres...
Games, like a softball tourneament; different events like mochitsuki; and shows. In this latter, there were a show on Sunday of... I think the name is ガガガSP. It's a band that I believe it's kind of popular here...
As some might have noticed in the album, I tried to help the aikido club in their shop, selling taiyaki. Tried because there wasn't much I could do, but anyway...
To close the event, a bingo game (I guess Japanese like it... The other university party - Technofesta - that I went before this blog also had a bingo game in the end...) and some fireworks. Not impressive after those I've seen in Nara, but we can't compare the events, right? And they were good enough.
And after that, a ending party with the aikido club in a yakiniku restaurant. Yakiniku means roasted meat, and that makes me think of barbecue... But that's not like that... and it's expensive. It's good, no mistake, but it makes me miss a good steak... Guess I should show them the Brazilian restaurant in Kobe... Anyway, that was fun!
And these festivals are a nice chance to see your classmates in a different way... out of classes. I met many people during this festival... teachers, exchange students, classmates, colleagues, friends... That's the fun of it, I think.
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